Ah, the printmaking studio. Now I remember! Everything has to stay perfectly spotless when it's not in use.[fingerprints]There are a lot of necessary skills in the printmaking studio. First is the artistic skill to take an idea and turn it into artwork that's suitable for...
Any new skill is going to take some time and experience before it can be executed well. In the beginning the mistakes are so plentiful that it's hard to get anything done. Big, basic mistakes are a sign that I'm learning new things and not...
[my first high quality print][mixing up a cool black][inking station and makeshift press][big table with the first prints]For those of you who are following along, this post will feel like a "fast forward" because I decided to skip a few months of development and cut...
And now for something even more different than the last post...
And now for something completely different...
I'm writing this piece for several reasons: 1) to address the critique that the prices on my web store are too low and 2) to help other artists and crafters figure out how to start really making a living from their work. I realize that...
A while ago, I published a document written in 2001, detailing my monastery vision at that point. CLICK HERE TO SEE THAT POST. This is a rewrite of that vision, incorporating many of the things I've learned by studying, starting, and running businesses since then.Many...
I wrote this piece for the Convocation of Communities in 2001. I was living at Wolf Creek Sanctuary at the time, but had just flown off to NYC to help people after 9/11. I’ll write a new version to include lessons learned in the last...
